Great Demon Sun Wukong

Although Rogue Heart Sword Hero Ling Weiyang and Ming Tiekuang were caught in their own battles, two others engaged in fierce combat just as Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao did—these two were the Spirit Controller and Chi Ghost. In fact, strictly speaking, Chi Ghost and Spirit Controller should be considered on the same side. That's because Chi Ghost is a member of the Crimson Army, which was the strongest military force under the Pioneer during the period of resistance against the Underworld Venerate, amassing remarkable achievements.

As for the Spirit Controller and the other eight Law Enforcers, they were all born from elixirs refined by the Pioneer, known as Elixir Spirit Pills. After these nine elixirs were released by the Pioneer, they cultivated into human forms. To repay the great kindness of the Pioneer, they appeared during the war of Ancient Times and participated in the battle against the Underworld Venerate. For this, the youngest of them, an Elixir Spirit Pill, fell in battle. After the death, its body transformed back into its original pill form, and its soul became what is now known as the Primordial Earth Pearl, which has been merged into the Six-Eared Macaque's body.

While Chi Ghost and Spirit Controller were once comrades fighting side by side, they were now locked in a battle to the death as soon as they met, following a brief exchange of courtesies. This wasn't because Chi Ghost or Spirit Controller were ungrateful; rather, it could only be said that after a million years, their missions and objectives had undergone earth-shattering changes. Those with divergent paths do not work together, especially when their foundational principles are inherently contradictory. Chi Ghost's combat power was a bit stronger than Spirit Controller's, but Spirit Controller didn't fight personally. Instead, he relied on summoned spirits to fight for him.

At first, Chi Ghost scorned Spirit Controller's approach; did he forget what Chi Ghost's ability was? Did he forget that he wielded the Heavenly Punishment Flame Spirit Lance in his hand? Chi Ghost's true form, like the Ghost King who had taken part in the Six Kingdoms War, was that of a celestial punishing evil ghost. The birth of such ghosts was extremely rare, and achieving Dao through cultivation was even harder.

The birth of a celestial punishing evil ghost required stringent conditions. First was the location—it had to be a place where yin and yang energies were balanced. There would need to be someone who perishes from the celestial tribulation at this location for every stage from the first Golden Core Celestial Tribulation through to the Dao Patterns Celestial Tribulation of a Dao Transformation practitioner, and their souls should not dissipate after death and be trapped in that place. Only when the remnant souls of the slain from each stage gathered together, could a celestial punishing evil ghost be born.

If one or two people chose to face their Heavenly Tribulations at the same place, it might be possible. But from the Golden Core Stage to the Dao Patterns, there are more than a dozen tribulations to be faced. There would need to be different people dying from these tribulations in this one place each time, the likelihood of which was unimaginably small. Therefore, Chi Ghost might be the only celestial punishing evil ghost in this Fang Universe. For Spirit Controller to try to fight a being like Chi Ghost with spirits, wasn't that like throwing meat buns to a dog? Moreover, a dog none other than the celestial hound himself.

The Heavenly Punishment Flame Spirit Lance in Chi Ghost's hand was also extraordinary. It was his companion weapon, formed by the fusion of all the life-bound magical treasures belonging to those who had died during their tribulations at that place. The Heavenly Punishment Flame Spirit Lance could thus be considered an indirect product of the celestial punishment. In the celestial punishment, also known as the Heavenly Tribulation, there are many types such as thunder tribulation, fire tribulation, water tribulation, etc. The tribulation that Ye Zi encountered upon breaking through to the Domain Lord Level was the Nine Heavens Pure Lightning Tribulation. The Heavenly Punishment Flame Spirit Lance was a collective body of all the fire tribulations within the Heavenly Tribulation. In a sense, Chi Ghost was a composite of all fire-system Heavenly Tribulations.

Be they ghostly or spiritual souls, the Heavenly Tribulation was likely their greatest nemesis. However, when Chi Ghost truly battled, he discovered that he had underestimated the Spirit Controller. Back in the war of Ancient Times, the nine elixirs had the power of early-stage Heavenly Venerates. After a million years, Spirit Controller was still at the early stage of Heavenly Venerate strength, which Chi Ghost couldn't dismiss lightly. Yet he was shocked when the three spirits summoned by Spirit Controller, each possessing Heavenly Venerate strength, fought him to a standstill. These three spirits were not afraid of his celestial punishing evil ghost physique nor his Heavenly Punishment Flame Spirit Lance. However, it was equally difficult for those three spirits to cause Chi Ghost any harm.

When the focus returned to Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao, the ultimate moves of both combatants were nearing their climactic end. Moreover, the final move of each fighter seemed astonishingly similar. Sun Wukong's move, blended with the Seal Heavenly Stamp and the Chaos Five Decisions, was called the Heaven and Earth Fist. The name didn't seem special at first glance, much like the Azure Dragon Fist or Big Dipper Divine Fist, but this move was absolutely terrifying.

In front of Sun Wukong, a stature of one hundred zhang tall stood imposingly, a grey figure with features not clearly defined but whose outline resembled Sun Wukong. And before Xi Zhao, a similarly one-hundred-zhang-tall shadow also appeared, except this shadow was completely black, clearly in the shape of Xi Zhao himself. Both Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao were astounded by each other's techniques. Who could have imagined that the final moves they would use to decide their fates would be so alike? Especially for Xi Zhao, his astonishment far exceeded Sun Wukong's.

His technique was not actually self-created, nor was it taught to him by anyone; rather, it came from a legacy. Xi Zhao could be very certain that only he knew about this legacy, which meant that only he could possibly know this technique. However, the events unfolding before his eyes were overturning Xi Zhao's beliefs and were something he struggled to accept. Could there be another legacy in this world identical to his own that, by some incredible coincidence, had been acquired by Sun Wukong? But if Sun Wukong had obtained the same legacy, he couldn't possibly have become Xi Zhao's enemy.

"Sun Wukong, where did you learn that technique?" Unable to contain his curiosity any longer, Xi Zhao finally asked. Sun Wukong was also puzzled but answered, "It's the ultimate move created from the fusion of the Seal Heavenly Stamp and Chaos Five Decisions. How come you know it too? Could it be that you also know the Seal Heavenly Stamp and Chaos Five Decisions?"

Xi Zhao's heart skipped a beat. What was happening? The Seal Heavenly Stamp and Chaos Five Decisions? The ultimate move born from their fusion? But why was this ultimate move identical to the one he had obtained from the legacy? Xi Zhao did not reply to Sun Wukong. What did it matter if the technique was the same? Did he, Xi Zhao, have anything to fear from him? Even if the techniques were the same, the power they held varied greatly depending on the user. With no further hesitation, Xi Zhao clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it down fiercely.

As Xi Zhao moved, the black shadow in front of him also swung its right fist, slamming it down fiercely.

Seeing Xi Zhao attack, Sun Wukong didn't hesitate either, mirroring the action with his own right fist; the grey shadow in front of him moved in exact unison. The same hundred-yard shadow, the same right fist smashing forward, and in the next instant, the fists of the two shadows collided fiercely.

At the same time, as if influenced by some kind of force, everyone who had been hesitating until now made up their minds.

The Rogue Heart Sword Hero gritted his teeth as the string of beads around his wrist lit up, transforming into a beam of light that attached itself to the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss in his hand. Seven mammoth tusk Buddha beads immediately embedded themselves in the positions of the seven stars, and the remaining mammoth tusk Buddha beads fused directly into the Sword Hero's heart.

The next moment, the figure of the Rogue Heart Sword Hero disappeared. Ling Weiyang, at the bottom of the sea, after an intense internal struggle and contemplation, finally decided to take a gamble. If he didn't risk it, he might very well be killed by Sha Wujing given his current condition. But by taking the risk, he had a fifty-fifty chance of success. As for what happened afterward, he no longer cared to think about it.

At that moment, Ling Weiyang roared defiantly from beneath the sea, creating a whirlpool in the ocean formed by the Nine Heavens Pure Water. With his roar, he seemed to connect with stars unknown, and as the vortex in the water formed, a starlight as bright as day fell from the sky, its target precisely Ling Weiyang. Should he successfully endure this starlight's baptism, he might achieve his ultimate evolution.

Elsewhere, with the last of his spiritual power infused, Ming Tiekuang felt his body convulse with pain and he became dizzy; he had exhausted all his spiritual power, and the Thunder Fire Scorching Flame Cannon was finally charged. Ming Tiekuang also decided on the target of his cannon.(To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Starting Point (qidian.com) and cast your recommendation votes and Monthly Passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)